By Ashley Ludwig | Patch.com HUNTINGTON BEACH, Ca. – The Cities of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach will be testing its outdoor warning siren system on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 12 p.m. "This test of the 10-year-old system will be performed at a higher decibel level compared to the regular monthly testing," [...]
Tim Burnham, left, of Newport Beach and co-director; Skeeter Leeper, center, a Newport Beach lifeguard; and Jack Murgatroyd of Los Angeles and co-director, stand next to the statue of Ben Carlson at the base of the Newport Beach Pier in Newport Beach on Thursday, April 5, 2018. The three are in the process of [...]
In 2013 the Los Angeles County SheriffÕs Department conducted a homeland security training drill at oil platform Eureka, off the coast between Catalina and Long Beach. (Photo by Sean Hiller/ Daily Breeze). By MARTIN WISCKOL | [email protected] | Orange County Register With the Trump administration moving toward offering new offshore leases for [...]
Memorial paddle-out ceremony in honor of Blaine "Sumo" Sato. North side of the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday April 14th, 2018. (John Bernardin photographer - johnbernardin.com) By DAILY PILOT STAFF Community members gathered for a paddle-out Saturday in Huntington Beach to remember Blaine "Sumo" Sato, the local surfing pastor who died of colon [...]
By SurfCityUSA.com Huntington Beach has got it going on! Surf City USA is named The Best California Beach by USA Today 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards. Huntington Beach’s shoreline stretches for 10 uninterrupted miles of wide opened sandy beaches making it a paradise for families, couples, dogs, and surfers. Where perfect waves are born, Surf City USA attracts professional surfers and World Surf League contests. [...]
The cottages at Crystal Cove State Beach are hard to nab, and even harder since a new reservation system launched, some say. SCNG/FILE PHOTO By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Krystal Kirkendoll has one beach vacation she looks forward to every year — spending a few days at a quaint [...]
A pair of gray whales are stuck in shallow water at the mouth of the San Gabriel River between Long Beach and Seal Beach on Monday, Mar 26, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) By MARTIN WISCKOL | [email protected] and JEREMIAH DOBRUCK | [email protected] | Orange County Register Two gray whales [...]
Photo: Zackary Canepari for RNLI International By Isabella Hellicar Antenen | moderndiplomacy.eu Ambassadors from across the world have highlighted the need for global drowning to be tackled if the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals are to be met by 2030. In an open letter on World Water Day (22 March), members of a newly formed [...]
FISHERMAN'S DREAM: Scott Seagull, left, and, Corey Shore run free at Doheny State Beach trying to see who can catch the most grunion during a run in early June last year. Thousands of grunion come ashore to lay and fertilize eggs during the highest of tides after a new and full moon. ///ADDITIONAL INFO: [...]
In 2017, surfing pastor Sumo Sato helps host the induction ceremony for the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach. The accomplished surfer survived a shark attack in 2003. (File photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Blaine “Sumo” Sato became known around town [...]
